Improvement in shoes for scaffoldings



H. BATT.

SHOES FOR SCAFFVOLDING.

No. 19ZA08. Patented June 26,1371

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HENRY BATT, OF KENTISH TOWN,

LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO LEONARD G. TABRAHAM, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES FOR SCAFFOLDlNGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 192,405, dated June26, 1877; application filed May 12, 1877.

To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, HENRY BATT, of Kentish Town, London, England, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe for Scaffoldings, of whichthe following is a specification:

Figure l is a side and sectional view of my improved device,illustrating its use. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the link. Fig. 3 is adetail top view of the shoe.

Similar letters of ret'erence'indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device forconnecting the horizontal timbers to the vertical timbers of a scaffold,which shall be simple in construction and convenient and safe in use,holding the said horizontal timbers more securely the more weight thereis put upon them.

The invention relates to the construction of the shoe, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

D is a link or band, which is made larger than the vertical timbers ofthe scaffold, and is placed upon them. 0 is the shoe, which is a boxopen at the top and ends, and of such a size that the ends of thehorizontal timbers of the scaffold may rest upon its bottom and fit inbetween its sides. Upon the upper side of the inner end of the bottom ofthe shoe (3 is formed a wedge shaped flange or points 0 to sink into thelower side of the said horizontal timbers and prevent them fromslipping. Upon the forward or outer end of the bottom of the shoe 0 areformed, or to it are attached, points or teeth 0 to sink into theupright timbers of the scafl'old and prevent the said shoe from slippingupon them. Upon the forward upper corners of the sides of the shoe 0 areformed, or to them are attached, hooks 0 to hook into the link D.

Shoes 0 may be hooked upon one, two, three, or four sides of the link D,according to the position which the upright timber that passes throughsaid link may have in the scat- Old.

. In case a shoe, 0, is hooked upon only one or two sides of a link, I),small wedges may be driven between the other side or sides of the saidlink, and the upright timber to keep the sides of the link at the properdistance from said upright timber for the clamp a to take a proper holdupon it. v

E e is a double socket for connecting and supporting the verticaltimbers of the scafl'old. Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The shoe or box 0, providedwith the books 0 on the upper corners of its sides, and the teeth aforming anextension of the bottom thereof, as shown and described,whereby the device is adapted for attachment to a joist or verticaltimber, and to receive and support the end of a horizontal timber, asspecified. HENRY BATT. Witnesses:

STUART CHARLES FERNI, JAMES MAY.

